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Diseno e iconografia Chiapas：geometrias de la imaginacion

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Corporate Authors: Consejo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Chiapas.; Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico). Direccion General de Culturas Populares.
Group Author: Oliva Oscar, 1937-; Carrasco Sergio.; Morris Walter S.
Published: CONACULTA Direccion General de Culturas Populares e Indigenas,
Publisher Address: Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas Mexico, D.F.
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: Spanish
Series: Diseno e iconografia
Subjects:
Textile design > Mexico > Chiapas.
Weaving > Mexico > Chiapas
Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts) > Mexico > Chiapas.
Folk art > Mexico > Chiapas.
Symbolism in art.
Maya textile fabrics > Mexico > Chiapas.
Carrier Form: 181 p.: ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm.
ISBN: 9703505775
9789703505777 (pbk.)
Index Number: J533(731)
CLC: J533(731)
Call Number: J533(731)/D611
Contents: Donation.
"El arte textil, urdimbre de la memoria" por Oscar Oliva, p. 11-12. "De los cosmogramas sagrados y los muy antiguos pueblos de Chiapas" por Sergio Carrasco, p. 13-14.
"Produccion: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Direccion General de Culturas Populares e Indigenas; Consejo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes de Chiapas"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
The book studies the visual, historic and cultural identification of the iconography used in the design of textile fabrics from Chiapas. The region's ethnic communities have a rich tradition. The book is an iconographic glossary of the textile designs and patterns of the Maya communities: Bochil, Chalchihuitan, Chamula, Chenalho, Magdalenas, Pantelho, San Andres, Tenejapa, Venustiano Carranza and Zinacantan.

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